Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,516, Amos Dodge, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Dodge, Hance
S 43516
CONTENTS

1892 Jan 4 His to L L Dodge Minneapolis D.S.
This is a copy of the original document sent to the War Dept, 1892, by the heirs of James Dodge.
17395 R New York
James Dodge of Oneida Co in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Rose of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 3 years - war
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 14 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of June 1820 and sent to Mrs. S. Miller Oneida N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of March 1820 $181.56 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sep 1 48
22 mos 229.56
1/30 4/30
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Amos Dodge
Vose's Reef Mass.
Proof of service now put.

State of New-York, ONEIDA COUNTY, ss. }
I MORRIS S. MILLER, First Judge of the county of Oneida, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the within named Amos Dodge. — did serve in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, on the Continental Establishment, for the term of nine months or longer, as stated in the declaration hereto annexed. And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary of the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the Act of 18th March, 1818. Dated this 14. — day of May 1818.
And that by reason of reduced circumstances he is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
M. S. Miller. First Judge of Oneida.
STATE OF NEW-YORK, CLERK'S OFFICE OF ONEIDA COUNTY, }
I do certify that the above signature, and the signatures to the certificates of the affidavits hereto annexed, are in the proper hand writing of Morris S. Miller, the First Judge of the county of Oneida. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of this Court.
Dated the 15 th — of May 1818.
Glenn A. Woodgood

State of New York  Oneida County  s.
Amos Dodge being duly sworn saith that he is now resident of the County of Oneida and State of New York - that he is sixty years old and upwards - that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support - that he never had any pension allowed him by the laws of the United States - that he served as a soldier in the war of the Revolution on the Continental establishment three years - he entered in 1779 in Miller Company Vost's Regt. Massachusetts line, and served in same Regt. under Capt. Miller and Capt. Mills till the end of the War, when he was honourably discharged in 1783. His discharge is lost.
Amos Dodge
Sworn 14 Ap. 1818 
Before me 
H. S. Miller
Dist Judge of Oneida
State of New York  Oneida County  s.
John Bailey  Berry - being sworn saith that he knows the above named applicant Amos Dodge and believes him to be a man of truth and veracity: and that he this deponent fully believes the matters set forth in the above affidavit to be true.
Sworn this 14 April 1818 
Before me. by John Bailey. 
John Bailey
H. S. Miller
Dist Judge of Oneida

I Azariah Eggleston of lawful age testify say, that I was Paymaster of the first Massachusetts Regiment in the Revolution- ary war, & that Amos Dodge was a soldier in said Regiment, that he served in the Company commanded by Capt. Jeremiah Miller in the year 1781. & that it appears by my Books kept as paymaster & also in my impression, that he served in the Light Infantry Company in said Regiment twelve months in the year 1783! and that on the 18 th day of May, 1784. I paid to said Dodge two hundred sixteen Dollars & twenty one ninetieths in John Peirce's final settlement Certificate, as appears by his receipt on my said Book, that sum being the Balance then due him. —
Said First Massachusetts Regiment was commanded by Col. Joseph Vose. —
And further say not.
Azariah Eggleston

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Berkshire Ss. January 8 th 1820. Personally appeared Mariah Eggleston Esq. & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed, And I certify that he is a credible witness — Jos. Tucker Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire Ss: Joseph Woodbridge Clerk of the Judicial Courts, within & for the County of Berkshire, do certify & attest that, Joseph Tucker Esq. is Justice of the peace within & for the same County duly commissioned & acting under the Authority of this Commonwealth & that the foregoing is his signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County This eighth day of Febry A.D. 1820. J.W.
Jos. Woodbridge C.M.

I Hannah Dodge of Hancock in the County of Berk- shire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, - Singlewoman do testify and say, That Amos Dodge, either in the year 1780 or 1781, if I rightly recollect, left my father's house, and went into the Continental service, and that he was absent for three years, or thereabout, and that during that period, his wife - My sister, remained at my father's house, and frequently received letters from him, while in the army - That upon the return of peace, he returned, together with several other soldiers, who went from Hulton in this State the place, where my father then lived, clad in his soldier's dress -
Hannah Dodge
Commonwealth of Massachusetts -
Berkshire ss. Feby 10. 1820.
Personally appeared the above named Hannah Dodge and solemnly affirmed that the facts stated in the above affidavit by her sub- scribed are true, and I certify that Luther Meacham made solemnly affirmed that the said Hannah Dodge was well known to him and was is a credible witness - Before me, William P. Walker Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts-
Berkshire ss. Feby 10. 1820.
Personally appeared the above named Hannah Dodge and solemnly affirmed that the facts stated in the above affidavit by her sub- scribed are true, and I certify that Luther Meacham and solemnly affirmed that the said Hannah Dodge was well known to him and is is a credible witness - Before me, William P. Walker Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire ss.
Joseph Woodbridge Clerk of the Judicial Courts within & for the County of Berkshire do certify & attest, that William P. Walker Esq. is a Justice of the peace, within & for the same County duly commissioned & acting under the Authority of this Commonwealth, & that the above is his Signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this tenth day of Feby A.D. 1820.
Jos. Woodbridge Clk

Phoebe Nichols of lawful age testify and say that I have just seen Amos Dodge's discharge and that it was an honorable from discharge and that it read as near as I can remember something like this Amos Dodge a private soldier in the first Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Vose being enlisted for the term of three years is hereby honorably discharged from the service of the United States and that his discharge was signed by Henry Knox Major General Commanding the American forces on Hudson's River and further sayeth not Phoebe Nichols
State of New York Chenango County ss.
May 25 th 1820 Personally appeared before me Phoebe Nichols to me known to be a person of truth and dignity and made oath to the above affidavit by her subscribed
W m Banks Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Chenango
Chenango County ss } Clerk's Office } I hereby certify that William Banks Esq. before whom the above affidavit was taken was, at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned and sworn as such
Witness my hand and the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 27 th day of May 1820
James W. Dinsmore Clerk

Amos Dodge 17,395 - Sept. '20 Chenango Co.
Con L.L.E.

State of New York ss  Chautauqua County  ss  Chautauqua Common Pleas of the Term of October 1820
Be it remembered that on the tenth eighth day of October 1820 Anno Doci age 62 years Personally appeared in open Court said Court being a Court of Record as appears first by its proceedings being according to the Course of the Common Law and keeping a record of its own proceedings 2 d by its having the power of fine and imprisonment, & by its being recognized as such a Court of record by the Statutes of the State of New York the said Anno Dodge being now a resident in the town of Bamburg in said County and being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War on the Continental Establishment as a Soldier - that he said Anno enlisted in the Spring of the year 1781 at the town of Shelburne in Hampshire Co. in the State of Massachusetts and about the first of May was mustered at West Point in the State of New York and placed in the Company commanded by Capt. Samuel Miller in the Regiment under Col. Joseph Vose commanding the 1 st Massachu- setts Regiment and served in the same Regiment nearly two years and was discharged as he thinks in the latter part of December 1783 at West Point receiving a printed discharge which has since been lost the discharge was signed by Henry Knox Esq. Genl. commanding the forces on Hudson's River -
Anno I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to prevent

for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not worked any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any in hand other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed that the said Amos has no occupation or trade but farming and that on account of his age and infirmities he is unable to pursue his occupation so as to support himself if he had a farm that his family consists of himself and Husbands his wife aged sixty one years so infirm as not to be able to pursue any labour I have the said Amos has received from the Hon. the Secretary of war an pension Certificate but the date and the number of it he cannot now recollect he having sent the same to New York to draw the Pension money on the same The rate of the Pension granted is eight Dollars per month - I have the following is a correct schedule of all his property Real and personal necessary clothing and bedding excepted -
Real Estate None
Personal Property
  1 Three year old Heifer & Calf — — — $12.00   2 Kitchen Chairs thirty years Old — — — 0.50   1 Case of Drawers without trimmings 35 years old — — — 2.00   2 Small Stools 1 Old the other nearly new — — — 4.00   6 Shives and forks 1.00 for Cups & Saucers — — — 1.20   2 P rs Bowls 1 q t do — all cracked — — — 0.25   3 Iron Spoons 25 — 3 Small Butter Pats 18 — — — 0.43   1 Large Earthen Plate 12 1/2 — 1 Small do Pat. 3 7 1/2 — — — 0.50   $21.38 
Amos Dodge

Sworn to and declared on this 12 th day of October 1820 before me Mary James Common Nelly Lynde & David Buttsall Esqrs - Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Chautauqua County
Oliver Chittenden Deputy Clerk
I Nathan Chamberlain Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Chautauqua County do hereby certify that the foregoing bill and the schedule thereto annexed are truly taken from the records of said Court & I do further certify that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is twenty one Dollars and thirty One Cents — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court on this 19 th day of October 1820 —
Nathan Chamberlain Clerk of the Court of the County of Chautauqua

O. W. & N. DIV. P.S.
January 4, 1892.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for a statement of the military history of certain alleged soldiers of the Revolutionay War, you are informed that from the data given no record is found of any of the persons mentioned in your letter but Amos Dodge. You will please find below a statement of his services as contained in his application for pension on file in this office.
Enlisted at Shelburne, Hampshire County, Mass., in the Spring of 1781, and in the month of May was mustered at West Point and placed in a company commanded by Capt. Jeremiah Miller, in Col. Vose's Regt., (1st. Mass.) Served in this Regt. for nearly three years and was discharged at West Point the latter part of December, 1783.
Applied for pension April 18, 1818, from Oneida County, N.Y. Pension was granted at the rate of $8 per month.
Very respectfully,
L. L. Dodge,
#1305 Hawthorne Ave.,
Commissioner.
Minneapolis , Minn.

O. W. & N. DIV.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
P.R.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
March 14, 1902.
Amos Dodge S. 43516
Sir:-
Replying to your communication of February 28th., concerning the last known place of residence of Amos Dodge, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, I have to state that in a paper filed with his application for pension and dated October 12, 1820, his place of residence is given as Hainbridge, Caucester County, N.Y.
By writing to the Third Auditor, Treasury Department, and giving the number of the soldier's pension certificate (17,396) and the Agency at which pension was paid (New York), you may be able to ascertain the date of the last payment of pension. Pension granted under the act of March 18, 1818.
Very respectfully,
L. H. Dodge, Esq.,
Commissioner.
1205 Hawthorn Ave.,
Minneapolis, Minn.

Q. R. & R. DIV.
P.S.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 11, 1892.
Sir:-
Replying to your communication of February 28 th ., you are informed that the place of residence of Amos Dodge is referred to in his declaration for pension on file in this office as "Oneida County, N.Y.", the name of the town not being given.
By writing to the Third Auditor, Treasury Department, and giving the number of the soldier's pension certificate (17,798) you may be able to ascertain the date of the last payment of pension.
Very respectfully,
H.L.Dodge, Esq.,
Commissioner.
1204 Hawthorn Ave.,
Minneapolis, Minn.

1305 Hawthorne Ave,
Minneapolis, Minn., Feb 25, 1892.
Hon. Green B. Rau, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
You tell me in letter of Jan 4 th in reference to Amos Dodge a Revolutionary Soldier, that he applied for a pension on April 18. 1818 from Oneida Co. N.Y. and that a pension of $8 00 per month was granted.
Will you please let me know how long the payment of the pension to him was continued, that is when it ceased on account of his death; and also in what town or village in Oneida Co. N.Y. he lived, and very much oblige.
Yours Very Respectfully L. L. Dodge.

L. L. Dodge - Mtn.
Sep 21 1891
James Dodge Mtn Abimael do Mtn Moses do do Daniel do do M c Donald do do

P.O. Box 241. Winston 13705
Amos & Daniel
1305 Hawthorne Ave.
Minneapolis, Minn. Sept 21 st 1891.
To the
Commissioner of Pensions. Washington. D. C.
Dear Sir:—
I desire to learn all that can be obtained from your office in relation to the following persons and their military service in the Revolutionary war.
Amos Dodge
of Shelburne, Hampshire Co. Mass.
July 10 to Aug 12, 1777 in Capt Phillips Co. of Col. Elisha Porter's Regt. of Militia
From July 7, 1778 for 8 or 9 mos in Capt John Wall Co. of Col. David Wall's Regt.
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From April 16, 1781 until Feb 1782 or later in Capt Jeremiah Miller Co. of Col. Jos. Vose's Regt.
Abimael Dodge
From Aug 17 to Nov 29, 1777 in Capt Abiel Dimesmore's Co. of Col. Ruggles Woodbridge's

Regt. of Mass. Militia in the Northern Army. I want to know from what town and Co. he enlisted.
Moses and Daniel Dodge
For 3 months service in 1780 in Capt Benj. Atton's Co. of Col. John Randall's Regt. of Mass. Militia
I wish to learn from what town the two above enlisted, and whatever particulars can be obtained in regard to their age of them all , at time of enlistment, height, com- plexion, how long, where, and in what engagements they served, also if they were in other service than that given above, and if pensions were applied for or granted to any or all of them, and their residence then, the amount and the time that payment continued to them and the dates of their deaths, if pensions were granted and such information is on file in your office. I wish also to know what if any thing you can tell

me about the Revolutionary record of William Fossick. I do not know the name of Capt. A. C. Col. but understand that he served during nearly or all the war as a musician - a fifer, going from what was then Charlotte Co. N.Y. or possibly Albany Co., or maybe Vermont. He lived near the border.
I would be very glad to receive any information that can be had upon this subject, and shall be very much obliged for it.
Yours Very Truly L. L. Dodge

L L Dodge Atlanta
June 29 1891
Charles Amos Mc Dodge Abimel Moses Solomon
Wt or NY No Frank NY
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1305 Hawthorne Ave,
Minneapolis, Minn. June 29 th 1891
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly inform me, if it can be learned from any records in your office, if the following persons served during the Revolutionary War; with any particulars relative to them that the records may contain - viz., time and place of enlistment, discharge, under whom serving &c.
Charles - Amos - Abimael - Moses and Sabra Dodge. I am informed that Amos Dodge served throughout the war and one of his brothers (it is uncertain which) a part of the time. They probably went from Vermont, but possibly from the State of New York. Also as to William Fossick, who went as a musician - a fifer I believe - from Hart Washington Co., New York.
Yours Truly, L. L. Dodge

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Mrs Dodge Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
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